I thought there would be many students in the...

I thought there would be many students in the hall, but when I got in, I found ______.

A．none             B．no one            C．nobody           D．nothing

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We thought there were 35 students in the dining hall, _______ , in fact, there Were 40.

A. while          B. whether          C. what            D.which

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We thought there were 35 students in the dining hall，________，in fact，there were 40.

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In the UK, students’ residence halls are run as profit-making business, but this can occasionally be to students’ disadvantage．

As many universities choose to contract out their hall’s management to private companies, room rents are rising and student rights are suffering．

In 2006, 55 percent of student rooms were managed by private companies --- only 27 percent by universities and colleges, the National Union of Students （NUS） has reported．

These private companies are improving the hall’s facilities in return for higher room rents．The most noticeable example of this trend is the growth in luxury halls．These are halls for students willing to pay more for larger rooms with better services．

Chancellors Court, at Edinburgh University in Scotland, is one such luxury hall．Rooms are divided between standard and large, with larger rooms costing 173 pounds each week, 40 pounds more than smaller rooms．They come with a scenic view, color TV, fast Internet connection and a modern bathroom．

Other luxury halls have private gyms for their residents．Private companies capitalize （用…以牟利） on their investment by renting out the students rooms to travelers over the summer vacation period．

But the NUS is concerned that luxury halls are affecting room rents at standard un-privatized halls．Most students in the UK pay on average 126 pounds a week for a private room in catered （提供餐饮的） halls of residence, the International Students Advice and Welfare organization has reported．According to the NUS, rent in UK halls of residence has risen by almost a quarter from 2005 to 2007．

Veronica King, NUS vice-president of welfare, wants the privatization of university accommodation to stop．

“For the students for whom luxury is not affordable, there is a significant risk that accommodation costs, coupled with the burden of complete fees, may reduce the choice of where to go to university,” she said．

Legal quarrels with privatized （私有化了的） halls may also account for some of the 10 percent per year rise in student complaints to the office of the Independent Adjudicator（裁定者） for Higher Education （OIA）．The OIA is an independent student complaints scheme that has authority over all higher education institutions in England and Wales．

Rob Behrens, chief executive of the OIA, said he was unsurprised by the rise in complaints．“The bottom line is that students today are more self-confident in thinking about what their rights are and what are the things they can get form the commitments they make．”

1.Why are room rents rising in British universities?

A．Because the world is facing a financial crisis．

B．Because most universities are getting bored about students’ complaints．

C．Because many universities let private companies run students’ halls．

D．Because not all universities can meet the demands of the students．

2.Which of the following is not mentioned about a luxury hall?

A．Students have to pay more for a luxury hall．

B．Students can have a good view in a luxury hall．

C．Students can enjoy their own gym in a luxury hall．

D．Students can have an Internet connection free of charge．

3.Why do some students want to pay more for a luxury hall?

A．Because they just want to show that they are rich．

B．Because they are better served in a luxury hall．

C．Because there are too much complaints about small rooms．

D．Because there are no other choices．

4.What may happen to those who can’t afford the accommodation fee?

A．They may borrow more money from the bank．

B．They may go to work in OIA．

C．They may not go to college．

D．They may go abroad for further study．

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He ____to go to Beijing today, but he postponed the trip when he heard that there would be a downpour at noon.

A. was intending　 B. would intend　 C. had intended　　 D. intended

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He ________to go to Beijing today, but he postponed the trip when he heard that there would be a downpour at noon.

A．was intending    B．would intend      C．had intended     D．intended

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When did you last visit a shopping mall? In many places, the answer would be “last weekend”. Some people go even more often. Why? For one thing, malls offer goods and services that people need all in one place : food, clothing, things for their houses, entertainment，and even medical services. So, are malls one of the highlights of modern civilization? Environmental activists would say “No!” They would go even further and say that consumer behavior is causing a huge environmental disaster. They cause consumers of ignorance of the side effect of their shopping—urban sprawl (城市杂乱无序拓展的地区）.

Social scientists agree that patterns of development have changed the landscape a great deal in the last half century. Prior to 1950，most people lived in towns or cities and either walked to work or took public transportation. Only very wealthy people had automobiles. Farmers lived in rural areas or isolated villages and came into town only when they needed things they couldn’t produce themselves. If you gazed at the landscape you would see towns surrounded by countryside. Then a massive change occurred.

Automobiles became affordable and people were quick to adopt them. Now ambitious workers could live in the suburbs, the areas just outside cities, which started to grow rapidly. As long as there was lots of cheap land in the suburbs, no one paid much attention to the usage of that land. Malls, fast food restaurants, cinemas, and car dealerships spread out in large, flat buildings. These one - storey buildings and their parking lot took up a great deal of space. Well - meaning farmers thought they were better off selling their land than growing crops. In ignorance, no one realized that once the land was built up in urban sprawl, the good farming land would be ruined forever. There was no way to preserve it.

Only in recent years have people come to mourn the old way of life as they have developed insight into the problems of unconditional growth. Now people realize that urban sprawl has come with serious environmental problems. The negative aspects of sprawl include air and water pollution, loss of agricultural land, traffic jams, and the death of businesses in the old town centers. Many scholars think the time has come to analyze the problems better so we can develop appropriate policies to control further sprawl. Some think the best way to do is to educate citizens about their priceless environment.

1. What is mainly discussed in the passage?

A. Urban sprawl                       B. Weekend fun

C. New automobiles                       D. Isolated villages

2.Who do activists blame for environmental problems?

A. Endangered animals.            B. Unthinking shoppers.

C. Shopping mall owners.           D. Ambitious farmers.

3.What does the underlined word “They” refer to in the first paragraph?.

A. Activists    B. Malls.     C. Farmers.     D. Scientists.

4.What is the scholars’ attitude toward urban sprawl?

A. Respectful.   B. Pessimistic.   C. Disapproving.    D. Doubtful.

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I don't think there will be many students left in the class，_______，because the conditions are not fit for studying.

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When I was a child, I hoped to live in the city. I think I would be happy there. Now I am living in a city ,but I miss my home in countryside. There the air is clean or the mountains are green. Unfortunately, on the development of industrialization, the environment has been polluted. Lots of studies have been shown that global warming has already become a very seriously problem. The airs we breathe in is getting dirtier and dirtier. Much rare animals are dying out . We must found ways to protect your environment. If we fail to do so ,we’ll live to regret it .

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I wish there would be a way to describe China in simple terms but that’s impossible. For the most part, Chinese people are friendly, easy-going and optimistic. They are curious and unusually patient and they are also the hardest-working people I have ever met.

In China, family is everything. In my English classes when the students were asked what they would do if they only had a few hours to live, most students told me how they would spend their last few hours with their families and parents. Many times the subjects in the classes center on families and friends. I teach many students a year, talking to them freely.

The cost of living here is very low compared with that of the US. The city of Xiang Fan I live in isn’t large and I live better. Non-imported(非出口的) foods are very cheap, so are clothing and articles of everyday use. The cost of public transportation is very low, too. Chinese value education. However, it is reported that many children can’t afford the expenses of schooling and are forced to leave school in some poor areas in China. But they organized Project Hope many years ago. It creates conditions for the poor children to go back to school. In my opinion, Project Hope is of great importance to the development of the rural education.

When we read news of China in the west, rarely, if ever, will we see anything mentioned of the positive changes China has gone through. While it is true that economic miracles have not reached many areas of China, but we also have the same problems.

When I am asked which country I consider better. China or the US, my answer has always been the same, “We are not worse or better than each other, we are only different.”

1. How does the author find Chinese people ?

A．He thinks most Chinese people hardly work.

B．He praises most Chinese people a lot.

C．He thinks most Chinese people are proud.

D．He dislikes most Chinese people.

2.What are not cheap in China in the author’s opinion?

A．Imported foods

B．Local foods

C．Public transportation tickets.

D．Clothes and shoes made in China.

3.We can infer from the passage that the author thinks________.

A．the westerners have got to know China well

B．China’s economic miracles have appeared everywhere

C．the education in rural areas is never cared about in China

D．the progress of China is seldom reported in the US

4. In the author’ eyes,________.

A．China is better than the US

B．China is different from the US

C．Americans are richer than Chinese

D．China bears great similarities to the US

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